Topic: 25mpg but runs GREAT....now 33mpg!!!

[UnCrash]

   I think S-Dog is off on his ride around New Hampshire and up Mt. Washington.  Low gas mileage or not.

I hope he gets good weather.  It's a stunningly beautiful day here in Maine.

[MgMt CB550K]

Which way would you want to move the needles if you were running rich, Up or down?  My guess is down...

[S-Dog]

I am leaving early this afternoon.... I guess the question would now be .  Will I hurt anything running rich for the trip?  I am bringing an extra set of plugs in case I foul the one that are in the bike.  I will check needle position when I get back.. I am afrain to rip into the bike right before I leave without supervision.

[mlinder]

Ya can't really hurt anything running rich. Just foul plugs. You didn't answer the filter question. New? Sprayed? What brand? Blockage? etc.

[BobbyR]

Also, what gearing are you running. If you are always riding it like you stole it, mileage would be down.

[S-Dog]

newish filter...no blockage no spray... it looks like a fram

I ride mildly aggressive.... but the same as I did when I was getting 38mpg

stock gearing....

pretty much everything is the same except I fixed my carbs from the half ass job the mechanic did


no gas leaks either....the smell of gas is from the pipes..

[mlinder]

I still get 40ish MPG even keeping the bike at 7k-9k rpm range for extended periods of time.

[BobbyR]

Dog, I go back to you comment about the meahcanic. I was cleaning out carbs with Guitar strings. I grabbed the wrong one and punched out the slows to a point gas vapor was coming out the pipes. There is a tool called a carb file for cleaning, maybe he just enlarged things.

[OldSchool_IsCool]

Have a great trip, Dog!

[S-Dog]

the trip was AWESOME!!! http://www.sohc4.us/forums/index.php?topic=27047.0

I played with the air screw... went out a full turn on them.  and got about 33-35 mpg.  It ran really well... thanks for the help.

I will pull the carbs when the weather is a little colder and check the needles and the jets...